About me

I am a senior clinical psychologist in psychoanalytic psychotherapy. I have years of experience helping people with anxiety and depression, and have a deep understanding of the experiences which can contribute to emotional stress.

Assessment consultation: 1-2 meetings to think about your difficulties and to think about what treatment would be most helpful.

Clinical Psychology: short interventions for anxiety, depression, post-traumatic stress disorder, work stress, and anxiety in relationships

Dynamic Interpersonal Therapy: a 16 session model to improve depression and anxiety symptoms where there is a clear link with the symptoms and feeling anxious about relationships. The focus is understanding and improving current relationships with family, friends and colleagues (see link: http://www.d-i-t.org/)

Psychodynamic therapy: an open-ended therapy allowing for exploration of interpersonal issues. This can be helpful when other therapies have failed to address the core dynamics of longer-term or recurrent depression and anxiety - see link

Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy: two to three times per week intensive therapy

A Mentalisation- Based Therapy intervention for people experiencing difficulties with strong feelings in relationships The sessions help with understanding emotions and working out how to manage them when feeling under stress. See link: https://tavistockandportman.nhs.uk/care-and-treatment/treatments/mentalisation-based-therapy/)

I have specialist experience working with perinatal mental health and parenting issues.

Training, qualifications & experience

I am a Chartered Clinical Psychologist with the BPS. http://www.bps.org.uk/bpslegacy/lcm

I have worked in different settings in the NHS for over 20 years, including in psychiatry and community mental health teams. I have offered short-term therapies in the community (GP surgeries and an IAPT service). For the past 13 years I have been working in perinatal and parental mental health in Children's Centres and Adult Psychology, and more recently, in the Maudsley Hospital outpatient perinatal psychotherapy service. I am a supervisor of clinical psychologists and trainee psychotherapists in psychodynamic psychotherapy

Areas of counselling I deal with

Fees

I offer a sliding scale, depending on the frequency and type of therapy. Individual therapy fees for once-weekly work range from £70- £100 per session. Some low fee sessions are available for students or those wanting to attend more frequently than once a week - please enquire about these if you are interested.

Further information

I offer supervision in Clinical and Counselling Psychology and Dynamic Interpersonal Therapy.